Hiring And Evaluating Talent: Florida State’s Fuchs and Northwestern’s Blais
Release Date: 08/24/2020
Navigate's College Football Playoff Probabilities: Week 6
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With the College Football Playoff set, Extra Points' Matt Brown and Navigate's Jeff Nelson review how Navigate's model predicted the top four teams, the circumstances needed for a Group of 5 team to make the CFP, hypothetical scenarios looking back on the season and more.
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Navigate's College Football Playoff Probabilities: Week 5
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As the regular season concludes, Extra Points' Matt Brown and Navigate President Jeff Nelson review the impact of rivalry week, the remaining possibilities for the four CFP spots, the paths for Alabama, Cincinnati, Michigan, Baylor and more.
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Navigate's College Football Playoff Probabilities: Week 4
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Extra Points' Matt Brown and Navigate President Jeff Nelson recap a very impactful week in college football ahead of the fourth CFP Rankings release. The pair review the path to the playoff for Notre Dame, Alabama and Oklahoma State, the impact of major rivalry games and more.
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Navigate's College Football Playoff Probabilities: Week 3
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Extra Points' Matt Brown and Navigate President Jeff Nelson discuss the updated College Football Playoff projections ahead of week three of the CFP rankings. The duo discuss the Big 12's chances of having a representative in the playoff, the impact of Oregon and Ohio State's head-to-head, teams with an outside shot at making the final four and much more (00:00 - 23:50). Brown is then joined by ESPN's Bill Connelly to chat about Notre Dame's CFP candidacy, Cincinnati's chances of making the playoff and a lot more. (23:55 - 37:05).
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Navigate's College Football Playoff Probabilities: Week 2
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For week two of the College Football Playoff rankings, Extra Points' Matt Brown and Navigate President Jeff Nelson discuss the underwhelming performances of many top teams, Cincinnati's chances at a top four finish following the initial rankings, impactful games outside of the top teams, Notre Dame's changes at making the playoff and more (00:00 - 16:55). Brown then sits down with The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach to dig into Cincinnati's initial #6 ranking, the chances to make the playoff as a Group of 5 team, unimpressive outings from almost all of the top teams and much more (17:00 - 30:58). ...
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Navigate's College Football Playoff Probabilities: Week 1
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AthleticDirectorU has again partnered with Navigate to present a rich prediction model – based on 3,500 simulations of the rest of the season – for this season’s College Football Playoff. For 2021, ADU & Navigate have also added a podcast alongside the weekly projections hosted by Extra Points' Matt Brown. For the next six weeks, Brown will be joined by Navigate President Jeff Nelson and/or Senior Vice President for Client Strategy Jordan Bloem, plus a special guest. In this year's first episode, Nelson and Bloem review Navigate's methodology behind the projections,...
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Shaping The Future Through Leadership With Western Michigan’s Kathy Beauregard
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Western Michigan AD Kathy Beauregard sits down with AthleticDirectorU to discuss how her and her staff stay innovative after decades together, the highs and lows of being in the AD chair, problem solving methods and much more. 2:10 - How do you stay innovative and creative with a staff that has been at Western Michigan for so long? 5:20 - How differently do you approach things today versus 25 years ago? 9:22 - What is your method of problem solving? 11:08 - What problem solving tools and lessons have you learned from your coaches? 13:58 - Can you recall an excellent idea from a...
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Maximizing Student-Athlete NIL Opportunities With INFLCR’s Cavale And Icon Source’s Garrett
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INFLCR’s Jim Cavale and Icon Source’s Chase Garrett sit down with AthleticDirectorU to give their thoughts on how the first month of NIL went, lay out best practices for student-athletes and schools, and what schools can do to best maximize student-athletes’ NIL opportunities. 1:11 - How do you think the first 30 days of NIL have gone? 5:45 - What are some of the best and worst practices institutions and student-athletes have enacted in this first month? 14:27 - With the rules differing across states and institutions, is there a right approach being taken and could there be a better...
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How Much Money Can An Expanded College Football Playoff Generate?
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AthleticDirectorU's Tai Brown and Matt Roberts sit down with Navigate Senior Vice President for Analytics and Innovation Matt Balvanz to dig deeper on the financial projections of an expanded College Football Playoff. 1:15 - Give us some initial thoughts on the analysis. 3:45 - Walk us through how you came to the projected $1.9 billion in total revenue. 6:03 - How does the projected CFP increase compare to other professional sports leagues' media rights? 9:54 - How does Notre Dame's independence factor into these projections? 12:10 - How did you project the average number of teams...
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Leadership And Evolution In College Athletics With Fresno State’s Tumey
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Fresno State Director of Athletics Terry Tumey sits down to chat about his leadership philosophy, the ongoing evolution in college athletics, researching and hiring coaches and much more. 2:05 - What is your leadership philosophy? 5:59 - How do you balance the importance of all sports and the excitement they can bring to campus with the importance of football to the institution? 9:39 - How do you analyze whether a coach would be a good fit at your institution? 11:36 - What is your research process for finding coaches? 13:01 - Is the hiring process something you look forward to as an Athletic...
info_outlineFlorida State Senior Associate AD/SWA Vanessa Fuchs and Northwestern Deputy AD/SWA Janna Blais discuss fit and culture’s impact on the hiring process, finding a candidate who is bought into the department’s culture, evaluating a hire, employee retention and much more. The duo also touch on how leadership changes or constants at Florida State and Northwestern, respectively, influence hiring and candidates. The conversation is moderated by Baylor Assistant AD for Character Formation Cori Pinkett.
1:20 - Why is culture important in hiring?
3:41 - When you have a candidate on campus, who do you make sure they meet to ensure the individual has a good sense of the culture?
5:59 - What is the impact on the culture of the changes going on at Florida State and does that impact how you view candidates to bring into the department? (Fuchs)
7:40 - How does Athletic Director Jim Phillips' leadership influence your perspective on hiring? (Blais)
10:18 - When going through the hiring process, how do you ensure you have the right person for the job?
16:20 - Is there a go-to question you use to gauge if the candidate will be a viable fit?
19:44 - How long does it take to know if a candidate was a good hire?
22:47 - What is one thing that needs to be done in the hiring process to help individuals have a successful hiring process?
26:07 - What are you doing to retain the great staff that you do hire?